fossorial

1. 1.

   (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging

   Antonymscursorial

Questions about fossorial

What does fossorial mean?

fossorial means "(of limbs and feet) adapted for digging".

How many syllables are in fossorial?

fossorial has 4 syllables and divides as fos-so-ri-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of fossorial?

The recorded antonyms are cursorial.

Is fossorial a common word?

fossorial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.